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What are the odds...?
by Heidi Schlumpf on Oct. 28, 2009
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Printer-friendly versionSend to friendPDF versionAs has become the custom, the two bishops from the cities competing in the World Series have entered a friendly wager on the games.
If the Phillies win, Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York will ship a dozen bagels to the City of Brotherly Love; if the Yankees prevail, Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia will send a case of Tastykakes to the Big Apple, according to a press release from the Philadelphia Archdiocese.
If you don't know what Tastykakes are, you're not missing much. Kind of like Twinkies or Ho Hos. Still, I root for the Phillies, being married to a native Philadelphian and all.
Trying not to be cynical, but wondering if these little human interest stories are specifically designed to make the hierarchy seem, well, more human.
You are reallly missing
You are reallly missing something if you have never had a Tastykake, esp. the Peanut Butter Tandykakes.
You are really missing
You are really missing something if you haven't had Tastykakes, esp. the peanut butter Tandykakes.
What are the odds that an NCR
What are the odds that an NCR columnist could report a simple story without getting in a dig on the leadership of the Church?
Which dig is more
Which dig is more offensive--the one against the bishops, or the one against Tastykakes?
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